(biology) (of bacteria) growing in acidic medium, but preferring an alkaline medium
acquired
acquired
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquire
acridium
acritude
acritude
noun
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
acrydium
adjuring
adjuring
noun
adjuration
verb
present participle of adjure
adjutrix
adjutrix
noun
A female adjutor.
adradius
adularia
adularia
noun
A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine).
aeluroid
ailuroid
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
antidrug
antidrug
adj
Against drugs; advocating against drug use.
argufied
argufied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of argufy
auditors
auditors
noun
plural of auditor
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
aumildar
aumildar
noun
Alternative form of amildar
auricled
auricled
adj
(botany) auriculate
aurified
aurified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aurify
badineur
bhumidar
birdglue
bluebird
bluebird
noun
Any of various African starlings of the genus Lamprotornis, family Sturnidae, having predominantly glossy blue plumage.
Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.
bouderie
boudoirs
boudoirs
noun
plural of boudoir
bourride
bourride
noun
A dish made with monkfish, mayonnaise, and a vegetable brunoise.
bridecup
brotulid
brunhild
builders
builders
noun
(UK) Abbreviation of builders' tea. (builder's tea)
plural of builder
bullbird
burnside
burnside
noun
(especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.
carducci
charquid
chundari
circuted
cloudier
cloudier
adj
comparative form of cloudy: more cloudy
colubrid
colubrid
noun
Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
cruddier
cruddier
adj
comparative form of cruddy: more cruddy
crudding
crudding
verb
present participle of crud
crudites
crudites
noun
Alternative spelling of crudités
plural of crudite
cuddlier
cuddlier
adj
comparative form of cuddly: more cuddly
cudgerie
cudgerie
noun
(Australia) A tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).
(Australia) silver ash, bumpy ash (Flindersia schottiana), a tree of Queensland.
cuissard
cuissard
noun
An armor leg-guard or thigh-guard.
curbside
curbside
adj
Adjacent to the curb.
noun
A location next to the curb
curdiest
curdiest
adj
superlative form of curdy: most curdy
curdling
curdling
noun
The act by which something is curdled.
verb
present participle of curdle
curtsied
curtsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curtsy
cuspidor
cuspidor
noun
(chiefly US) A spittoon.
cutidure
daiquiri
daiquiri
noun
A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added.
dasyurid
dasyurid
noun
A member of the family Dasyuridae, comprising carnivorous marsupials.
daturism
daturism
noun
Poisoning from hyoscyamine and scopolamine present in thorn apple and similar plants (of genus Datura).
daubries
debruise
debruise
verb
(heraldry) To partially obscure one charge with another
decuries
decuries
noun
plural of decury
decurion
decurion
noun
(historical) A member of local government in ancient Rome.
(historical) An officer in charge of ten men in the ancient Roman army.
defigure
defigure
verb
(obsolete) To delineate.
delirium
delirium
noun
(medicine) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.
delirous
demiurge
demiurge
noun
(Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
(Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
(figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
(historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.
demurity
demurity
noun
(archaic) demureness
denarius
denarius
noun
(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.
dendrium
desaurin
desirous
desirous
adj
Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
detritus
detritus
noun
(biology, ecology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
(by extension) Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
(countable, chiefly geology) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
deuteric
deuteric
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to reactions of liquids derived from magma with the solidified rock from the same magma.
dhurries
dhurries
noun
plural of dhurrie
dialuric
dialuric
adj
Of or pertaining to dialuric acid or its derivatives
diarmuid
dicerous
dicranum
diductor
diductor
noun
A divaricator muscle in arthropomatous brachiopods
diestrum
diestrum
noun
(biology) The interval between two periods of estrus
diestrus
diestrus
noun
Alternative spelling of dioestrus
dieugard
diffuser
diffuser
adj
comparative form of diffuse: more diffuse
noun
(automotive) A shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties.
(cooking) A cooking item that can be placed above a stove heating element or burner to separate the cooking utensil from the heat source.
(optics) Any device that or spreads out or scatters light, making the light appear softer.
(sewage treatment) An aerating device consisting of a membrane with fine pores, through which air is blown to generate small bubbles.
(thermodynamics) A mechanical device that is designed to control the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system.
A device designed to diffuse a scent efficiently.
A hairdryer attachment that diffuses the flow of air.
Any person or thing that diffuses.
diffusor
diffusor
noun
Alternative form of diffuser
diluters
diluters
noun
plural of diluter
dilutors
dilutors
noun
plural of dilutor
dimerous
dimerous
adj
(botany) In two parts; having two parts in each whorl of a flower.
(entomology) Having two-jointed tarsi.
dineuric
dinosaur
dinosaur
noun
(colloquial) any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds.
(figuratively, colloquial) Anything no longer in common use or practice.
(figuratively, colloquial) Something or someone that is very old or old-fashioned, or is not willing to change and adapt.
(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago.
(sciences) any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
dioscuri
diovular
dipleura
dipterus
dirgeful
dirgeful
adj
funereal
having the qualities of a dirge; moaning
disburse
disburse
verb
(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
discourt
discuren
discurre
dishumor
dishumor
noun
Alternative form of dishumour
disinure
disinure
verb
(obsolete) To make unfamiliar with something; to disaccustom.
disporum
dispurse
disputer
disputer
noun
One who disputes.
disrupts
disrupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrupt
distruss
distrust
distrust
noun
Lack of trust or confidence.
verb
To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.
disturbs
disturbs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disturb
ditchbur
diureide
diureide
noun
(chemistry) One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals.
diureses
diureses
noun
plural of diuresis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diurese
diuresis
diuresis
noun
(biology, medicine) (more often) The physiologic process that produces such an increase.
(biology, medicine) (most often) The administration of medications to encourage that process.
(biology, medicine) Excessive production of urine; polyuria.
diuretic
diuretic
adj
(medicine, pharmacology) Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
noun
(medicine, pharmacology) A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.
diurnals
diurnals
noun
plural of diurnal
diurnule
divulger
divulger
noun
One who divulges something.
divulsor
divulsor
noun
(surgery) An instrument used for dilating the urethra or other canal
doralium
douanier
douanier
noun
An officer of the French customs.
doughier
doughier
adj
comparative form of doughy: more doughy
dourines
drambuie
drambuie
Noun
A Scottish honey-flavoured whiskey liqueur
dreibund
dreibund
Proper noun
A military alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, from 1882 to 1914.
drochuil
droiture
drouking
drubbing
drubbing
noun
A severe beating.
A thorough defeat.
verb
present participle of drub
drucilla
drudging
drudging
verb
present participle of drudge
drudgism
druggier
druggier
adj
comparative form of druggy: more druggy
druggies
druggies
noun
plural of druggie
drugging
drugging
noun
The act of giving a dose of drugs.
verb
present participle of drug
druggist
druggist
noun
A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
druidess
druidess
noun
A female druid.
druidism
druidism
noun
The religion, philosophical beliefs, and attendant ritual practices of the druids.
drumfire
drumfire
noun
Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
drumfish
drumfish
noun
Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder.
drumlier
drumlike
drumlike
adj
Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape
drumline
drumline
noun
A group of percussionists in a marching band.
drumlins
drumlins
noun
plural of drumlin
drumloid
drumming
drumming
noun
A noise resembling that of a drum being beaten.
In many species of catfish, the sound produced by contraction of specialized sonic muscles with subsequent reverberation through the swim bladder.
The act of beating a drum.
verb
present participle of drum
drumskin
drumskin
noun
The skin of a drum.
drusilla
duisburg
duisburg
Proper noun
a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
dulcimer
dulcimer
noun
A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal. It is played on the lap or horizontally on a table. Some have their own legs. These musical instruments are played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).
dumfries
dumfries
Proper noun
A town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and the former county town of
A town in Virginia.
dungbird
dunreith
dunsmuir
duperies
duperies
noun
plural of dupery
duracine
duration
duration
noun
(finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
(in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
durative
durative
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.
Long-lasting.
noun
(linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.